Barack Obama: “Armenians first achieved their modern independence in 1918 and regained it after 70 years of Soviet rule in 1991.”

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.

If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day.